Spotted On: The Huffington Post

Last week America was engrossed in a conversation about what some people saw as the inappropriately sexy Vanity Fair photos taken of Miley Cyrus. Photographer Annie Lebovitz defended the photos as artistic, while Cyrus issued a statement saying she was “embarrassed.”

Everyone has an opinion, but the story is a common one among girls growing up, whether they are famous or not. Teenagers’ bodies are changing from being little girls into women. When she reaches puberty, a girl’s hormones redefine her definition of “appropriate” behavior. Her brain is high on adventure and risk-taking, while her decisions are often a little light on predicting the outcomes of showing her new figure. This situation is fraught with personal, parental and societal worries.

All societies have rules, laws and taboos built around this time in a girl’s life, when she becomes fertile. As Americans in a society comprised of many different cultural and moral values, we often have conflicting perspectives and are continually evaluating how we react to a girl’s discovery of her sexy body. However, it is important to remember how very personal this journey is for each girl who experiences it, and allow for her body’s natural progression to unfold.

Any young girl feels uncomfortable as she realizes the feeling that comes from the powerful glances of adult men. Cyrus and all her teen star predecessors, from Britney Spears to Brooke Shields, face an additional layer of confusion when their forms are plastered all over the media.

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While the desire for power and control is generally associated with testosterone, a new University of Michigan study suggests that in women this desire for dominance is due to estrogen.

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Professors from USC and Duke find that better-educated women have healthier weights. Read more here.

SPOTTED ON: Tangomag.com
The more educated you are, the less likely you are to have an orgasm, according to a new study of more than 2,000 women ages 18 – 49 by a German lifestyle web site.

It’s up to each individual to determine whether no-orgasm sex is necessarily “worse,” but it is true that some studies have shown that educated women tend to have a harder time reaching climax. As I discuss in more detail in my book’s chapter, “Sex: The Brain Below the Belt,” the “Worry Wort Center” of the female brain (the ACC and amygdala) need to be “deactivated”, or taken off line, in order to have orgasms. If you have a lot on your mind, you have to clear it and relax.

So if you’re the kind of woman who keeps her Blackberry on the bed stand, try putting it on silent mode. You should also talk to your partner about helping you turn your Worry Wart Center off, so that with the right amount of relaxing back rubs and foreplay you’ll be able to get turned on.